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The definition of voracious is someone or something very greedy or eager.

(adjective)

An example of voracious is a person eating three servings more than anyone else at a dinner party.

See voracious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour large quantities of food; ravenous; gluttonous
very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit; insatiable: a voracious reader

Origin: L vorax (gen. voracis), greedy to devour < vorare, to devour < IE base *gwer-, to devour, gorge > Gr bora, food (of carnivorous beasts), L gurges, gorge

Related Forms:

voraciously adverb
voracity noun or voraciousness

See voracious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin vorāx, vorāc-

Origin: , from vorāre, to swallow, devour

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